St. Josemaria Escriva: Holiness and Good Humor

St. Josemaria Institute Podcast

St. Josemaria Institute

St. Josemaria Escriva, Opus Dei, Christianity, Spirituality, Catholic, Meditation, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Gospel

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, Fr. Eric Nicolai reflects on St. Josemaria’s last moments on earth and how his docility to the Holy Spirit and good humor until the end led him to have so much effect on people's lives. God granted St. Josemaria a deep spiritual paternity through which he embraced everyone that would come in contact with him. "And since this paternity was completely supernatural," Fr. Eric explains, "it was strengthened by the fact that he went to Heaven. He could continue to exercise that s...

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0:00.0	In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
0:04.0	My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.
0:10.0	I adore you with profound reverence. I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.
0:17.0	My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my father and Lord, my guardian angel,
0:21.1	intercede for me.
0:24.6	We all know that our founder of St. Louis
0:27.5	died in 1975, June 26th.
0:36.1	He died after stepping out of an elevator.
0:40.1	He walked into his
0:41.5	office.
0:44.6	He looked at an image of our lady
0:46.5	Guadalupe, where Juan Diego
0:49.4	was offering her a rose,
0:52.6	and she was happily accepting that rose.
0:57.0	And after he looked at that image, he accomplished his mission on Earth.
1:02.0	He had a heart attack, and within a few minutes he was dead.
1:07.0	Going up that elevator was like the first step towards heaven, going up towards heaven.
1:14.6	They say he had a premonition that he was going to die.
1:20.6	He had spoken before his death that he was no longer very useful here.
1:28.3	He'd be more effective from heaven.
1:31.3	He would repeat the phrase from the Psalm,
1:36.3	I wish to see your face, O Lord.
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